Sick of Damn Robocalls

If you are using a cell phone and get a robo call, you can high light the number after the call and block it for ever. Hell block your EX while your at it.

Nice job on the Wiki page. If your info is all spot on, he deserves that. Aren't the caller ID #'s often spoofs (ie numbers of normal people, not where the real call originated? Thanks for your post, learning new stuff today.

2ndamendfan said:

If you are using a cell phone and get a robo call, you can high light the number after the call and block it for ever. Hell block your EX while your at it.

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That won't do you any good, the spammers are way wise to that already. They just use their VOIP systems to generate a new spoofed random number each time they call.

Another trick they use is if you get a call where the first 6 digits are exactly the same as yours such as XXX-XXX-???? It's almost for sure a scam unless you actually know the person (somehow they think that if the number is almost like yours, maybe you'll answer).

I'd recommend putting your phone on silent, when you need to sleep or don't want to be bothered.
There are also some apps you could use to send all calls to voice mail except numbers you have allowed.

Strykervet said:

When I do get his number, and I will, this motherfucker will have had his last night's sleep until the shit stops. Des Moines isn't that far of a drive. Just ask the Cialis motherfucker how it turned out for him at 3am. Cialis spammers went offline same day. Same fucking day.
Your move, Admiral. I'm awake. Let's play.

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I take it you are working to become a founding member of the Committee for Ascetic Deletions?

2ndamendfan said:

If you are using a cell phone and get a robo call, you can high light the number after the call and block it for ever. Hell block your EX while your at it.

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The calls I get are all about the department of energy and at one point they were coming every day, about 4x a day. But they were all from different numbers. Same area code and prefix of my own number, but last 4 are always different

W54/XM-388 said:

That won't do you any good, the spammers are way wise to that already. They just use their VOIP systems to generate a new spoofed random number each time they call.

Another trick they use is if you get a call where the first 6 digits are exactly the same as yours such as XXX-XXX-???? It's almost for sure a scam unless you actually know the person (somehow they think that if the number is almost like yours, maybe you'll answer).

I'd recommend putting your phone on silent, when you need to sleep or don't want to be bothered.
There are also some apps you could use to send all calls to voice mail except numbers you have allowed.

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Spot on tips. I've moved twice since I got my current cell number and have zero ties to where I got it from, so luckily I immediately know any call from that area code is a robo caller. That shit is really annoying and comes and goes in waves when they get caught, one of the more egregious offenders from Miami just got taken down last month but others quickly take their place.

Also, don't bother waiting or pushing any number to tell them to remove you from their list, it's just a ploy that has zero effect. Immediately hang up or let everything not in your caller ID go to voicemail.

I could understand if this was the 50s, but at this point in time, what does robocalling actually accomplish? Can you think of one person who doesn’t absolutely loathe these calls? Seems like it would be dead by now

I had a problem today with a scammer about some diet pill my wife ordered. It was some pay shipping only. They started running charges through my account. I called and they said she had 15 days to terminate. The pills only got here day before yesterday. Said her 15 days were up! After threatening to cut there heads off and kill all there children they decided on a quick full refund! If y'all want to have fun here's there number 844-881-9747! Please call and tell them! I know where you are!!! Threaten them and their families. I fuckin hate a scammer . If they charge another penny I'll drive to Tampa and be on CNN!?

@Snipe260
I believe I'd keep that to myself. JMO.

Snipe260 said:

I'll drive to Tampa and be on CNN!?

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Or perhaps skip the "be on CNN" part might be a better idea?

MtnCreek said:

@Snipe260
I believe I'd keep that to myself. JMO.

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Too late.i don't gi

W54/XM-388 said:

Or perhaps skip the "be on CNN" part might be a better idea?

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yall are correct! Just sicken tired of sorry motherfuckers!

I turn my phone off at night, an when working. I lived 3/4 of my life w/o a pos cell phone tired to my hip, I think I can make it the last 1/4. I have told all kin folk if it's that important, call the local cops they'll find me. Everyone else can either wait, of fuck off.

mijp5 said:

I could understand if this was the 50s, but at this point in time, what does robocalling actually accomplish? Can you think of one person who doesn’t absolutely loathe these calls? Seems like it would be dead by now

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Sometimes, and why I mentioned it above to never push any numbers to transfer you, they can dupe you into "accepting" charges to be billed to your phone account if that is permissible. It's not always about people falling for the sales pitch scam, as the scam itself is simply keeping you on the phone and replying in a specific manner or pushing "1" to be transferred.

The elderly are their #1 victim demographic, they're both more trusting and unaware of today's dangers. They were especially susceptible to the "Microsoft Support" call scam out of South Asia (Paki/India), where they would get you to permit remote access to your computer and they would infect it, say they found the issue, then run up massive bills for them to "fix" the problem. I liked to act old when I got those calls and lead them on for a long time like I was doing what they were asking of me, then tell them I figured out the problem was I had a big fucking Apple emblem on my computer. Then I'd tell them how I killed their father, ass fucked their mother, and impregnated their sister with my American infidel seed. But there's a lot of cases where it has cost victims tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars per case, mostly elderly victims. I figured the longer I wasted their time, the less likely it was they got one of those good people on the phone. Probably did that a dozen or more times at least, but haven't had one of those calls in a couple years since I dropped the landline.

Speak to your older family members about it too, make sure they know they can run a "too good to be true" deal past you and to never give out any sensitive info over the phone, as my brothers and I have done that for both my mother and grandmother in the past and saved them angst.

I used to get robocalls on my land line all the time, even after registering it on the DNC. I finally had it with Qwest and moved my number to Magic Jack. I've never set up the voice mail greeting, and when someone calls and leaves a message, I get an email to a specific address, not to one of my root accounts. I laugh at all the messages that are just a few seconds because it's the robocalls. If it's over about 18 seconds, I'll listen to it, other than that it gets deleted with a smile.

I no longer answer any calls that aren't in my contacts. If it's legit/important, they'll leave a msg.

Redmanss said:

The elderly are their #1 victim demographic, they're both more trusting and unaware of today's dangers. They were especially susceptible to the "Microsoft Support" call scam out of South Asia (Paki/India), where they would get you to permit remote access to your computer and they would infect it, say they found the issue, then run up massive bills for them to "fix" the problem.

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One of my boss' elderly friends just got hit with that scam & gave them like all their information and let them root around on their computer. My boss was trying to explain exactly how screwed over they now were.

I've found Indians tend to dislike it when you mention that you are rooting for Pakistan to nuke them.

W54/XM-388 said:

I've found Indians tend to dislike it when you mention that you are rooting for Pakistan to nuke them.

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Or ask them to please be still so I can center punch that red dot!

Waorani said:

I no longer answer any calls that aren't in my contacts. If it's legit/important, they'll leave a msg.

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This is the correct answer.
Very seldom do I get a call from a number I don’t recognize that turns out to be legit.
When it is, they leave voicemail.
Additionally, when you answer one of these calls, it lets the scammers know that it’s a good number and they will sell it to another group of scammers.
After a couple of years of refusing to answer calls from numbers I don’t recognize, I seldom get them anymore.

I keep a deactivated cell next to the bed on a battery charger 24/7 as you can call any three digit number w/o having it activeted. Lots of folks around here are going back to L/L w/a answering machine an dumping their cells but keeping a deactivated cell in the ride. If it were not for the fact I still consult an teach I'd have done that a long time ago. The day is coming though.

For cellphone robo call spam, get a new carrier number. download google phone app. Google will assign you a number. Use that number instead. Do not use your real number. If spam start coming, cancel that google voice phone number and get a new google number. I've been stop using my real carrier number for long time due to spam call. I used to receive 10 spam call a day from diet pill, indian microsoft dept, fake package carrier, spanish speaking lady, fake embassy staff. DNC list DNW(Do not work). You can't block those Fxcker number, they call you new random number everytime. Only give out your real number to your alarm company or as emergency contact number. never use your real number on any website purchase or company.

mijp5 said:

I could understand if this was the 50s, but at this point in time, what does robocalling actually accomplish? Can you think of one person who doesn’t absolutely loathe these calls? Seems like it would be dead by now

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WSJ had some big article about these cock suckers. Said they charge your phone company and make $90 per 100k calls.

Dont you wish there was a little button on your cell that you could push and it would pop an M 80 in the guys ear.

deersniper said:

WSJ had some big article about these cock suckers. Said they charge your phone company and make $90 per 100k calls.

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I really wonder how that works. Charging a company for using the company's service. Then I guess that in order to make the business feasible, they have to make over a million calls a day?

I put these aholes in the same bucket as the gas pump credit card skimmers, road side pan handlers, lds salesmen, and email spammers. All con artists in which the government couldn't care less to address and corporations find it easier to ignore.

I started answering the live telemarketers calls with some like this. "Hello, this is Carl Smith, Senior FBI Fraud Investigator. How may I assist you today". It sure has cut down the number of calls I get.

Unless your are an FBI guy that could get you put in jail for impersonating a Federal Officer. Now if you answer "Bureau Fraud Investigation Department" you are covered.

MikeInUtah said:

I put these aholes in the same bucket as the gas pump credit card skimmers, road side pan handlers, lds salesmen, and email spammers. All con artists in which the government couldn't care less to address and corporations find it easier to ignore.

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It doesn't bother them. Send congress a brick. That bothers them and gets fixed overnight.

The people who sold my number should get life w/o parole and the callers should get the death penalty.

deersniper said:

The people who sold my number should get life w/o parole and the callers should get the death penalty.

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selling info is still in play but phone numbers have no for many years. The computer they are using just dials the next number up.

They must have read my post because now they're starting to leave messages. Apparently I'm going to be taken into custody shortly.

If you call my phone, and you aren't in my contact list, and don't leave a message, you get blocked......hundreds of numbers on that list

The "do not disturb" function on your phone is your friend. You can also turn the thing off...